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Thanks for that info, looked up your link and had a good read. I see there are many models, but the X15 looks great. Made me reevaluate my whole idea that Apple Watch may not be my answer? Need to see IF my Aera 660 may connect to it as well, probably no advantage but will check.

Maybe this latest incident may bring an airframe end of life determination ? Which will see the early models end up out of service?

Thanks, Brendan 🤩🤩

When I first saw that the rear engine was mounted on the vertical stabiliser, that was the start. I knew nothing about aircraft back then, and I don’t know much more now. I had visions of what could go wrong but millions of flight hours later, between Wing pylons and cargo doors, they have been reasonably reliable BUT, when it goes wrong it seems to result in a major disaster. I still have visions of major real engine failure, destroying the aircraft. I have seen too many instances of poor engineering, in my life. My 24 reg Jabiru has one, and I am not allowed to fix it. 🤢

Those things are a crap aircraft, the moment I first saw one…….was enough for me. Yes, a crap design that flies BUT ??

I will hurry up, and WAIT with a large bucket of Popcorn 🤩

You want the bad news? Now or later? Avdata will build a BIG database over time.. Organisations will look to them for the information they want. You will need to register with Avdata to fly to any populated place, they will hold,your insurance details, your ASiC plus any other data they can scavenge up, even your licence details, endorsements. You call up ATC? A few keystrokes and they will have it all 🤢 Councils will have it to check your insurance, before they allow you to land at their Airport? NO insurance? Landing rights denied? The linformation could be limitless, over time 🤢 All these organisations wanting information, will pay a big fat subscription to Avdata. Please, tell me I am wrong? 😨

Just wait until RPC holders can access Controlled Airspace? They will see the money and ask for ASIC, for anyone wanting that access?

One lost a motor, and crashed not long before I was due to take my trip, killed all on board. I never liked the look of the design, that crash was simply a decider for me.

Probably comb Social Media pages, looking for adverse posts, to rate an applicant’s suitability to be granted their ASIC?

Never liked those machines, in 1979 I was due to fly Air New Zealand on one. I cancelled the flight and changed to Qantas 747. Based on published incidents about ‘78, ‘79?

Title says it all 🤩 for sometime now I have been eyeing off getting a Apple Watch, which will have quite a few possible benefits for me but I’m also interested in the aviation aspect of where the benefits could be so that I can justify myself. It’s worth spending the money on and I will get a decent one. Probably an Ultra 3 which seems full of features, has cellular and even satellite? I think if that’s any advantage to me for aviation purposes and anything else along the way. So I’m interested in people‘s experiences with them and then I can work out if I can justify spending the money. I don’t think it’s worth going for the cheaper line of anything if I want the features and need them I’ve gotta pay for them.

Hope it’s not the one from Longreach?

I asked what their search criteria was for digitised records? I suggested it all should have been done under aircraft registration number. RAAus paid a contractor $32,000 or so, for that work to transcribe everything at the time, from paper records. I was not told the search criteria used? Too much information for a Stakehoder to know 🤩🤩 Anyway, my problem was solved, that’s all tht matters 👍

Well, after a couple of phone calls, where I got very specific about RAAus needing to solve my W&B problem and my 490kg MTOW upgrade from 450kg. I provided factory evidence that was accepted on MTOW. Next, Darren Barnfield phoned me back, after combing RAAus records, he discovered my original W&B document, that no one else could find, it was even done by a man he personally knows. So he has OK’ed my W&B as accepted and now my transfer and registration will now be completed. They are sending copy, to add to logbook for any future reference, IF needed. So, my problems are now solved 🤩 So now I can now fly away happy 🤩